June 24, 2011

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (r.) consults with her lawyer Serhyi Vlasenko as Judge Rodion Kireyev (l.) looks on during a pre-trial hearing at the Pecherskiy District Court in Kiev. Ukraine's former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, went on trial in a case that has raised concerns in the West over the government's commitment to democracy.